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After successfully launching the [[Sega Saturn]], Sega retrospectively gave different codenames from the planets in the Solar System to recently released projects, and used 2 more planets after Saturn for subsequent projects, in order to make sorting documentation out easier in the future.
 
After successfully launching the [[Sega Saturn]], Sega retrospectively gave different codenames from the planets in the Solar System to recently released projects, and used 2 more planets after Saturn for subsequent projects, in order to make sorting documentation out easier in the future.
  
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==Consoles==
 
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Sega Planet Codenames Blackboard.png|A visual layout of the planet codenames, in a presentation by Hiroyuki Miyazaki.
 
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By the time the [[Sega Dreamcast]] was planned, Sega had moved on to a new scheme. However during the development of the [[Mega Drive Mini]], due to an urban legend about Earth being the [[Mega Drive]]'s codename, [[Hiroyuki Miyazaki]] decided to give the Mega Drive Mini the codename of "Moon"{{ref|1=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqdN_L4YaDE#t=5m43}}.
 
By the time the [[Sega Dreamcast]] was planned, Sega had moved on to a new scheme. However during the development of the [[Mega Drive Mini]], due to an urban legend about Earth being the [[Mega Drive]]'s codename, [[Hiroyuki Miyazaki]] decided to give the Mega Drive Mini the codename of "Moon"{{ref|1=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqdN_L4YaDE#t=5m43}}.
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==Games==
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[[File:Constellations Codenames.png|800px]]
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In addition to using space-themed codenames for its consoles, the initial lineup of Saturn games also used codenames internally, this time as constellations{{ref|1=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRLGPRHFiQE}}:
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{| class="prettytable sortable" width="auto"
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!rowspan="2"|Game
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!colspan="2"|Constellation
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!English
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!Japanese
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|''[[Astal]]''||Centaurus
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|''[[Blue Seed: Kushinada Hirokuden]]''||Chamaeleon||カメレオン
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|''[[Clockwork Knight]]''||Apus
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|''[[Gale Racer]]''||Aquarius
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|-
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|''[[Gotha: Ismailia Seneki]]''||Pegasus||ペガサス
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|''[[Gran Chaser]]''||Cassiopeia||カシオペア
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|-
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|''[[Kanzen Chuukei Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine]]''||Ara||アラ
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|-
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|''[[Mahou Kishi Rayearth]]''||Delphinus||デルフィナス
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|''[[Panzer Dragoon]]''||Andromeda||アンドロメダ
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|''[[Pebble Beach Golf Links]]''||Caelum
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|''[[Rampo]]''||Columbia
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|''[[Riglordsaga]]''||Lacerta
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|''[[Shinsetsu Yumemi Yakata: Tobira no Oku ni Dareka ga...]]''||Coma||コマ
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|''[[Shin Shinobi Den]]''||Auriga||アリガ
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|''[[SimCity 2000]]''||Draco||ドラコ
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|''[[Victory Goal]]''||Aquila
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|''[[Virtual Hydlide]]''||Cancer
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|''[[WanChai Connection]]''||Cygnus
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|''[[Wing Arms]]''||Antares||アンタレス
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|''[[World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu]]''||Aries
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==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 13:50, 9 December 2020

After successfully launching the Sega Saturn, Sega retrospectively gave different codenames from the planets in the Solar System to recently released projects, and used 2 more planets after Saturn for subsequent projects, in order to make sorting documentation out easier in the future.

Consoles

  • A visual layout of the planet codenames, in a presentation by Hiroyuki Miyazaki.

Codename Equivalent
Sega Mercury Sega Game Gear
Sega Venus Sega Nomad
Sega Earth Unused
Sega Mars Sega 32X
Sega Jupiter Cart-based 32-bit system; abandoned in planning stages in favor of a disc-based system that became known as...
Sega Saturn Final name.
Sega Uranus Unused.[1] Hiroyuki Miyazaki offered a few explanations for this, saying when pronounced in Japanese it sounds like "Uranu" or "won't sell", what he called "an ominous name for a project."
Sega Neptune 32X/Mega Drive combo unit
Sega Pluto Sega Saturn prototype unit featuring a different shell with a NetLink Internet Modem accessory built in. Only two produced. Uses US BIOS.

Furthermore, hardware released around the time the Saturn was had codenames based on Saturn's moons:

Codename Equivalent
Titan Sega Titan Video
Janus Sega Picture Magic

It is unknown whether the Sega CD, Sega Mega Jet, Sega Pico, arcade hardware, or any other Mega Drive/Saturn-related hardware had codenames.

By the time the Sega Dreamcast was planned, Sega had moved on to a new scheme. However during the development of the Mega Drive Mini, due to an urban legend about Earth being the Mega Drive's codename, Hiroyuki Miyazaki decided to give the Mega Drive Mini the codename of "Moon"[2].

Games

Constellations Codenames.png


In addition to using space-themed codenames for its consoles, the initial lineup of Saturn games also used codenames internally, this time as constellations[3]:

Game Constellation
English Japanese
Astal Centaurus
Blue Seed: Kushinada Hirokuden Chamaeleon カメレオン
Clockwork Knight Apus
Gale Racer Aquarius
Gotha: Ismailia Seneki Pegasus ペガサス
Gran Chaser Cassiopeia カシオペア
Kanzen Chuukei Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine Ara アラ
Mahou Kishi Rayearth Delphinus デルフィナス
Panzer Dragoon Andromeda アンドロメダ
Pebble Beach Golf Links Caelum
Rampo Columbia
Riglordsaga Lacerta
Shinsetsu Yumemi Yakata: Tobira no Oku ni Dareka ga... Coma コマ
Shin Shinobi Den Auriga アリガ
SimCity 2000 Draco ドラコ
Victory Goal Aquila
Virtual Hydlide Cancer
WanChai Connection Cygnus
Wing Arms Antares アンタレス
World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu Aries


References

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqdN_L4YaDE#t=20m24
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqdN_L4YaDE#t=5m43
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRLGPRHFiQE
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